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Distributed Authentication with Data Cloud

  • US 20130019299A1
  • Filed: 12/21/2010
  • Published: 01/17/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • in response to a need to access for a user certain stored data that requires authentication, sending a request for the stored data into a data cloud, the request not identifying the user;

    receiving, from the data cloud, response information descriptive of an authentication realm;

    presenting the information descriptive of the authentication realm to the user and prompting the user for a user name and password; and

    re-sending the request into the data cloud with an authentication header having user credentials generated at least in part using the response information, the user credentials comprising the user name and a hashed password;

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